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I recently met with a businesswoman who has been inquiring about financing and has expressed interest for a partner for her business growth. Over dinner, she discussed her woes and recent worries as well as her optimism for her well-established business. As a director of a major corporation, she learned that fintech has been a […]

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A pit stop is a short pause we make during a long journey to eat, rest and refuel. In financial planning, making a financial pit stop is equally important as setting your yearly financial goals. As we enter the second half of the year, I encourage you to take a financial pit stop. It’s the […]

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THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) may want to change the system of scrutinizing the ownership of listed companies. Instead of relying on the ownership of the number of common and voting preferred shares, they could, if they wanted to, scrutinize the composition of the boards for them to […]

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A reader who has been following closely the progress of the virtual stock trading challenge in the hope of improving his performance in the market requested for more insights as to how exactly Pixiu, the current leader of the contest, managed to churn out a record of 109.47 percent return on investment (ROI) while all […]

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Through the years, we have witnessed the influx of a number of foreign stores into the local market and homegrown brands replicated through the franchise route. As a retail- and consumer-centric populace, the Filipino market has significantly contributed to the success of international entrants from old household names such as McDonald’s, 7-Eleven, and Dunkin’ Donuts […]

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BEING listed means a company lists either its entire outstanding capital stock or only few or some of its common shares for trading thru the facilities of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). Said listing of either common or preferred, doesn’t make a company public. This is a reality that public investors, who trade on listed […]

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“Mom, I need an index card!”, said my youngest daughter who is currently in Grade 3. “Mom, do we have colored popsicle sticks?” added her Grade 5 sister, as I spoke to the two of them over the phone. If they call me while I’m in a meeting, I normally tell them to text me […]

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IF you happen to visit a McDonald’s outlet in the United States in the next couple of years, chances are very good that your order won’t be taken by an actual human, but by a computerized kiosk. Other restaurant chains have already piloted variations of the concept. McDonald’s intends to implement it on a massive […]

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As the saying goes, “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” This hackneyed idiom effectively underscores the overreaching arm of the taxman, in our case the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), in taxing transactions of the living and the dead. With the passage of Republic Act (RA) No. […]

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One of the challenges faced by national and local officials dealing with the transport industry is how to implement policy, regulate the industry, and improve services without harming or inconveniencing the commuter. If some harm to the commuter is expected, officials need to plan how the negative impact can be avoided or mitigated. Sometimes, the […]

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